Great European Literature Prior to 1980

1.
Memoirs of Hadrian
Memoirs of Hadrian 4.22 avg rating — 34,196 ratings
2.
Lykke-Per
Lykke-Per 4.39 avg rating — 1,692 ratings
3.
The Master of Hestviken
The Master of Hestviken 4.36 avg rating — 204 ratings
4.
The Citadel
The Citadel 4.24 avg rating — 10,320 ratings
5.
Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes 3.99 avg rating — 47,425 ratings
6.
The Bridge Over the River Kwai
The Bridge Over the River Kwai 3.94 avg rating — 10,407 ratings
7.
Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter 4.31 avg rating — 13,885 ratings
8.
Twenty Years After (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #2)
Twenty Years After (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #2) 4.09 avg rating — 25,163 ratings
9.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating — 97,940 ratings
10.
Waverley
Waverley 3.44 avg rating — 5,954 ratings
11.
Kaputt
Kaputt 4.16 avg rating — 3,157 ratings
12.
Gog
Gog 4.17 avg rating — 2,279 ratings
13.
The Immoralist
The Immoralist 3.55 avg rating — 13,272 ratings
14.
The Moonstone
The Moonstone 3.91 avg rating — 97,259 ratings
15.
Cuerpos y almas
Cuerpos y almas 4.18 avg rating — 333 ratings
16.
La tía Tula
La tía Tula 3.61 avg rating — 5,368 ratings
17.
Hurskas kurjuus
Hurskas kurjuus 3.44 avg rating — 518 ratings
18.
The Gods Will Have Blood
The Gods Will Have Blood 3.74 avg rating — 3,047 ratings
19.
The Good Soldier Švejk
The Good Soldier Švejk 4.10 avg rating — 20,522 ratings
20.
La colmena
La colmena 3.74 avg rating — 10,739 ratings
21.
The Late Mattia Pascal
The Late Mattia Pascal really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 34,203 ratings
22.
Jean-Christophe, Vol. 1
Jean-Christophe, Vol. 1 4.17 avg rating — 937 ratings
23.
The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)
The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1) 4.33 avg rating — 24,215 ratings
24.
Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek 4.04 avg rating — 56,535 ratings
25.
Таис Афинская
Таис Афинская 4.32 avg rating — 1,741 ratings
26.
الساعة الخامسة والعشرون
الساعة الخامسة والعشرون 4.45 avg rating — 8,995 ratings
27.
Desert
Desert 3.69 avg rating — 2,228 ratings
28.
The Crime of Father Amaro
The Crime of Father Amaro 4.15 avg rating — 7,500 ratings
29.
Os Maias
Os Maias 3.99 avg rating — 26,459 ratings
30.
The Dwarf
The Dwarf 3.69 avg rating — 7,662 ratings
31.
The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum 3.95 avg rating — 45,959 ratings
32.
A Hero of Our Time
A Hero of Our Time 4.11 avg rating — 62,650 ratings
33.
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon 4.12 avg rating — 32,887 ratings
34.
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 4.33 avg rating — 33,411 ratings
35.
Gösta Berling's Saga
Gösta Berling's Saga 3.63 avg rating — 6,282 ratings
36.
War with the Newts
War with the Newts 4.17 avg rating — 16,885 ratings
37.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. 3.60 avg rating — 1,103 ratings
38.
Scaramouche (Scaramouche, #1)
Scaramouche (Scaramouche, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 9,066 ratings
39.
The Long Ships
The Long Ships 4.27 avg rating — 12,193 ratings
40.
Os Cus de Judas
Os Cus de Judas 3.97 avg rating — 3,166 ratings
41.
Aureliano
Aureliano 4.31 avg rating — 1,999 ratings
42.
Journey to the End of the Night
Journey to the End of the Night 4.19 avg rating — 46,255 ratings
43.
Hunger
Hunger 4.04 avg rating — 62,414 ratings
44.
Reeds in the Wind
Reeds in the Wind 3.77 avg rating — 6,961 ratings
45.
Lost Illusions
Lost Illusions 4.16 avg rating — 12,146 ratings
46.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,776 ratings
47.
The Same Old Story
The Same Old Story 4.22 avg rating — 2,014 ratings
48.
The Spanish Ballad
The Spanish Ballad 4.22 avg rating — 1,609 ratings
49.
Goya
Goya 4.32 avg rating — 1,655 ratings
50.
Nausea
Nausea 3.93 avg rating — 134,175 ratings
51.
L'Allée du Roi
L'Allée du Roi 4.21 avg rating — 531 ratings
52.
La regenta
La regenta 4.01 avg rating — 5,566 ratings
53.
Fortunata and Jacinta
Fortunata and Jacinta 4.26 avg rating — 2,762 ratings
54.
The Enchanted Wanderer: Selected Tales
The Enchanted Wanderer: Selected Tales 3.78 avg rating — 3,008 ratings
55.
Pan Wołodyjowski (Trylogia, #3)
Pan Wołodyjowski (Trylogia, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 3,117 ratings
56.
The Doll
The Doll 3.83 avg rating — 26,121 ratings
57.
Independent People
Independent People 4.13 avg rating — 13,795 ratings
58.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph 3.91 avg rating — 11,817 ratings
59.
The Story of San Michele
The Story of San Michele 4.19 avg rating — 4,672 ratings
60.
The Ladies' Paradise (Les Rougon-Macquart #11)
The Ladies' Paradise (Les Rougon-Macquart #11) 3.98 avg rating — 19,767 ratings
61.
Peter the First
Peter the First 4.17 avg rating — 2,354 ratings
62.
The Thibaults
The Thibaults 4.31 avg rating — 899 ratings
63.
Le Grand Meaulnes
Le Grand Meaulnes 3.72 avg rating — 14,913 ratings
64.
L'écume des jours
L'écume des jours 3.92 avg rating — 41,536 ratings
65.
Contempt
Contempt 3.95 avg rating — 5,771 ratings
66.
History
History 4.31 avg rating — 10,584 ratings
67.
Parade's End
Parade's End 3.87 avg rating — 6,754 ratings
68.
The Twelve Chairs
The Twelve Chairs
by: Ilya Ilf
4.39 avg rating — 24,135 ratings
69.
Joseph and His Brothers
Joseph and His Brothers 4.44 avg rating — 2,145 ratings
70.
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus 4.08 avg rating — 13,446 ratings
71.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 3.96 avg rating — 1,955 ratings
72.
Jealousy
Jealousy 3.54 avg rating — 3,190 ratings
73.
La verdad sobre el caso Savolta
La verdad sobre el caso Savolta 3.87 avg rating — 6,554 ratings
74.
Vipers' Tangle
Vipers' Tangle 4.07 avg rating — 3,929 ratings
75.
The Egyptian
The Egyptian 4.22 avg rating — 26,978 ratings
76.
Baltasar and Blimunda
Baltasar and Blimunda 3.93 avg rating — 25,190 ratings
77.
Под игото
Под игото 4.24 avg rating — 8,465 ratings
78.
To the Ends of the Earth
To the Ends of the Earth 4.09 avg rating — 387 ratings
79.
Auto-da-Fé
Auto-da-Fé 4.02 avg rating — 6,567 ratings
80.
Engineer of Human Souls
Engineer of Human Souls 4.15 avg rating — 1,061 ratings
81.
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa 4.10 avg rating — 4,048 ratings
82.
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof 3.86 avg rating — 1,928 ratings
83.
Jean de Florette & Manon of the Springs
Jean de Florette & Manon of the Springs 4.35 avg rating — 1,409 ratings
84.
The Balkan Trilogy
The Balkan Trilogy 4.17 avg rating — 2,855 ratings
85.
Fables
Fables 4.02 avg rating — 15,250 ratings
86.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,273 ratings
87.
The Tartar Steppe
The Tartar Steppe 4.21 avg rating — 38,441 ratings
88.
The Second Sex
The Second Sex 4.18 avg rating — 45,867 ratings
89.
Embers
Embers 3.99 avg rating — 41,067 ratings
90.
Life: A User's Manual
Life: A User's Manual 4.18 avg rating — 9,837 ratings
91.
If This Is a Man • The Truce
If This Is a Man • The Truce 4.54 avg rating — 21,717 ratings
92.
Mystery of Orcival (Monsieur Lecoq #2)
Mystery of Orcival (Monsieur Lecoq #2) 3.88 avg rating — 328 ratings
93.
A Sibila
A Sibila 3.73 avg rating — 1,665 ratings
94.
Les Eygletière (Les Eygletière, #1)
Les Eygletière (Les Eygletière, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 346 ratings
95.
Man's Fate
Man's Fate 3.75 avg rating — 6,327 ratings
96.
Belle du Seigneur
Belle du Seigneur 4.09 avg rating — 4,036 ratings
97.
Chronicle in Stone
Chronicle in Stone 4.09 avg rating — 4,556 ratings
98.
The Mysteries of Paris
The Mysteries of Paris 3.90 avg rating — 901 ratings
99.
The Unknown Soldier
The Unknown Soldier 4.07 avg rating — 7,968 ratings
100.
Mephisto
Mephisto 4.07 avg rating — 5,647 ratings